Includes online energy efficiency tools and penalties for copper thieves.

Four week project between Sandra Muraida Way and Fifth Street.

Reaffirmed AAA long-term rating is highest city can achieve.

Hearing with discussion of water-rate increase proposal begins 4 p.m. not 6 p.m.

First public hearing: 9:30 a.m. Monday Sept. 13, 2010. Second public hearing: 4 p.m. Thursday Sept. 23, 2010. Both hearings at City Hall, 301 W. 2nd St. Members of the public are encouraged to attend the hearings and express their views.

Learn about City's 50-year plan to reduce landfills Aug. 31.

Changes affect bidders' Good Faith Efforts to meet MBE/WBE goals.

Community meeting Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010.

Author traces Texas prison system from its roots in plantation slavery

Excerpts from Robert Perkinson's Texas Tough

Stemming the flow of tax abatements to owners wanting historic zoning

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

Citizens' calendar, Aug. 19-26

Voters in November may be asked to chip in for education

Griffin School moves into a church, which moves into another church, and so on

UT's informal classes program finds two new homes

Ambitious campaign aims to change the headline issues

Cap Metro rail line may replace trucks for fuel delivery

Former FSC chair all fired up over outdated arson science